Advances in and limitations of up-and-down methodology: A précis of clinical use, study design, and dose estimation in anesthesia research

Anesthesiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 144-152

  Pace, Nathan L ^a   Stylianou, Mario P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34250811955     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000267514.42592.2a     Document Type: Review

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